At 10 p.m. on April 16, 2007, Las Vegas, as usual, was full of bright lights.

In the conference room of the Four Seasons Hotel, Li Shengyao is working with the assistant director, lighting, and photography to determine tomorrow's shooting plan and related arrangements.

Then he dragged his tired body, waved his fist, and slowly walked to the restaurant on another floor, where he then saw Warren. Iger sat at a table by the window.

The Disney executive was keeping his head down at this time, and he seemed a little sleepy, as if he was dozing off.

Lee walked over and sat down gently across from Warren.

Outside, Las Vegas was brightly flickering, and from time to time you could see sports cars whizzing by, and even though they were far away, you could hear the roar of sports cars.

Li Shengyao raised his hand, waited for the waiter to come over, and asked for a glass of water in a low voice.

After a few moments, the waiter clicked and placed the glass on the table.

Warren opened his eyes and saw Li Shengyao, he wiped the corners of his mouth with some embarrassment, saw a handful of saliva, and immediately pulled out a tissue.

"Lee, how long have I been asleep?"

"An hour, I've been sitting for a long time anyway."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

Warren then asked for a cup of coffee, and he then patted his face tiredly, "I came from Los Angeles in a hurry this time, and I didn't have time to rest, so I rushed over to see you, Lee, with 100% sincerity." ”

Lee Shengyao vaguely understood why Warren came.

There are no secrets in Hollywood, and anything will quickly spread in this circle.

"The Hangover" has been on for more than half a month, although some media outside still ridicule them from time to time that they must be making a bad movie.

However, as some things within the crew circulated.

There are also some people who are starting to look at them.

Just like Lee Shengyao's previous life, when "The Hangover" first started filming, it was not favored, but later as the content of the shooting was circulated, it gradually gained the attention of Warner Bros.

Li Shengyao was a little surprised that Disney, which had a lot of money and a lot of projects in his hands, was the first to find him.

Of course, it doesn't matter who comes first and who comes last, what matters is who can bring benefits to Lee Shengyao.

He heard Warren's words, didn't say anything more, raised the glass in his hand, and took a sip of water.

Warren continued: "Lee, we want to deepen our cooperation with you. ”

"You say."

"We at Disney invested another 5 million dollars to get 20% of the copyright of "The Hangover".

Do you want to eat a fart?

Copyright is the lifeblood of Li Shengyao, and he can't let it out.

"Warren, don't say such things, our crew has already completed the financing, we don't need additional investment, and of course we won't give up the rights."

Warren looked at Lee Shengyao tightly, "Lee, if we work together further, then your film will get more help from Disney." ”

Li Shengyao shook his head and said calmly but surely: "No need. ”

Seeing this, Warren was a little helpless.

He knew that before filming, if he didn't increase his investment, he would miss out on the copyright of the film, as well as more profit sharing.

If some subordinate means are used now, it will completely push Lee Shengyao to other big Hollywood companies.

He then thought of his second goal.

"Well, let's forget about it."

"Lee, let's talk about the second thing," he paused, then added, "Let's Disney help you distribute The Hangover in other countries, shall we?" ”

At the beginning, Lee Shengyao and Warren only agreed that Disney would act as an agent for the distribution in the beautiful country, and Warren did not mention the overseas distribution, and Lee Shengyao did not mention it either.

For this matter, as long as the price is reasonable, Li Shengyao has no objection.

After all, "The Hangover" is not "Hurricane Rescue", "Hurricane Rescue" has Cheng Long, which is more famous and easier for European countries to accept.

And "The Hangover" has no such stepping stones.

The distribution ability and connections of the six Hollywood majors are naturally much higher than Jiang Zhiqiang.

"Let's talk about the price."

"We'll help you with the distribution, twenty-two percent of the share."

Li Shengyao frowned slightly, then shook his head and said: "Huaxia, Hong Kong Island, and Xinmatai, I don't need you to issue it, I have my own people in these places." ”

"I just need Disney to help me distribute in Europe and South America, and 22 percent is too high."

In international practice, local distributors in Europe take 17% of the share, and theaters take about 50%.

If Disney wants a 22 percent share, that is, this second-class dealer wants to get a 5 percent share, which is too high, Lee Shengyao will give him a maximum of 3 percent.

Warren laughed, he had just slept and was in a lot of energy.

"Li, we are not Jiang, our distribution ability is much stronger than his, I just call it, European distributors don't even need to see the movie to give "The Hangover" a high premiere date, this is where Jiang can't compare."

"And we at Disney can also give more publicity to this movie, so that more people can know about this movie."

"In addition, this is your first time shooting a comedy movie in a beautiful country, and our Disney editing studio can lend it to you, and we can arrange the best editors for you to ensure that you have the best editing experience and help your film production. Higher quality. ”

Li Shengyao laughed secretly in his heart.

He hates it most when other people give him publicity, because the cost of this matter is not clear, how can he hand it over to Disney to give him publicity.

"Warren, let's take a look again, maybe there are other companies willing to help me issue it at a lower price."

When Warren heard this, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he thought that Lee Shengyao had not cared much about publicity, so he asked, "Lee, don't you care about experienced editors?" ”

"I don't really care, Warren, I don't need a good editor for my film, because I'll be watching the whole time and give me a few obedient editors."

Warren's eyes were puzzled when he heard this.

Lee didn't explain, he sat there smiling.

Warren raised his coffee cup and thought of some recent Hollywood rumors, it is said that Lively argued with his friends that "The Hangover" was of high quality, and then the "Hangover" male protagonists also swore in interviews that "The Hangover" was a wonderful movie.

Almost all the people in the crew of "The Hangover", whether they are actors or field workers, recognize "The Hangover" very much.

They all recognize Lee Shengyao's ability.

said that Director Li Dadao understood very clearly that the efficiency of the crew of "The Hangover" was very high.

There are already some companies that are ready to come to Las Vegas and further increase the weight of the movie "The Hangover".

Warren always wanted to prove himself and prove that he wasn't the one to go through the back door.

He hurried over to grab all the benefits of "The Hangover" first.

But now it seems that he will have a hard time getting a higher share for the company.

So do you want to continue?

"Lee, what do you think, tell me."

"Twenty percent of the issuance shares."

Disney only gets a 3% share of the 20 percent distribution, except for 17 percent for local European publishers.

can't say that you don't have to make money, if the box office of the movie is good, you will naturally make money, but it can't show his credit.

After all, if someone else talks about it, three percent can be won.

Warren thought for a moment, and then said: "Lee, twenty-two percent, when the premiere of "The Hangover" is released, I promise to arrange for many Hollywood stars to come over to cheer you on." ”

Li Shengyao couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this, and Hollywood stars cheered on him, although it could increase the popularity of the movie.

But it wasn't what he wanted most.

He believes that after the premiere of "The Hangover", word of mouth will ferment, and whether the stars come on the premiere day will have little impact on the final box office.

And the two percent of the split may be worth millions of dollars.

"Warren, I don't need it."

When Warren heard this, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, "Li ......"

He opened his mouth to continue persuading, but found that he was running out of words, and he had no other bargaining chips.

Lee Shengyao continued: "There will definitely be a disc production of the movie, I can hand it over to you, Disney will produce and distribute it, and I will give you a 20% share." ”

Hearing this, Warren hesitated slightly, then nodded and said, "Okay, I agree with this plan." ”

"Then I asked people to prepare contracts, and Disney helped me distribute them in Europe and South America, both of which were 20 percent of the share, and the other helped me produce and distribute the "Hangover" DVD, which was also 20 percent of the same."

Compared with the previous release, there is one more video disc, which is more or less a merit.

Before Warren came, he actually considered the production and distribution of DVDs, but there are not many movies in Hollywood that can really make money from DVDs.

is like Lively acted in "Admission Notice" last year, with a box office of only more than 600,000 US dollars, and a hammer video disc income.

There was no splash in the movie.

Such movies are actually the norm, and Warren doesn't think that "The Hangover" will have a high disc income in the later stages, so he doesn't think about it.

However, at this time, he found that he might want to fight for it, after all, he only got a European and South American distribution, and the share was not very high, so he couldn't show his ability.

Lee immediately asked his assistant to prepare the contract, and soon after, the two lawyers appeared together and confirmed that there were no problems with the contract, and Lee signed it with Warren.

It was almost twelve o'clock.

Warren had slept for a while, and then the sleepiness came back again.

He looked at Li Shengyao in a bit of confusion, and felt that Li Shengyao's figure was swaying, like a reflection on the water, and when the wind blew, it swayed.

He suddenly regretted it.

Under his operation, the distribution of "The Hangover" in beautiful countries, European countries, and South America was handed over to Disney.

The production and distribution of the later film was also handed over to Disney.

If "The Hangover" can be a big hit, Disney can actually make a big profit.

It's almost nothing.

However, if the results of "The Hangover" are not good, then he is so anxious to tie up with "The Hangover", which will inevitably become a laughing stock in the industry, and he feels that he is trading indiscriminately for the sake of performance.

Thinking of this, Warren couldn't help but ask, "Lee, will we succeed?" ”

"Yes, you have to believe in yourself."

Warren smiled wryly, he didn't have much confidence in himself.

"You have to trust my abilities."

Li Shengyao added.

When Warren heard this, he thought of "Hurricane Rescue", but he had a little more confidence.

(End of chapter)